Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 41.  
 
Duc d'Orléans Gallica. Vibert, 1831. The author cites information from different sources... Pink, spotted... light crimson sprinkled with deep crimson... Purple-red... This particular Duc d'Orléans was probably the well-liked eldest son of Louis-Philippe I, Ferdinand, who died in a coach accident.

Book  (1936)  Page(s) 529.  
 
d'Orléans, Duc (Provins) ? before 1848; purple, shaded, veined and spotted white, medium size, double, cup form. = Adèle Heu.

Book  (1899)  Page(s) 54.  
 
Duc d'Orléans, Provins, pourpre nuancé, syn. Adèle Heu.

Book  (1880)  Page(s) Annex, p. 41.  
 
gallica, Duc d'Orléans, vivid red, spotted, medium size, full.

Website/Catalog  (1862)  Page(s) 13.  
 
Gall. Duc d'Orleans deep rose spotted with white

Book  (1858)  Page(s) 208.  
 
Rosa gallica.
Duc d'Orléans, Blumen mittelgroß, voll, lebhaft roth, punktirt.

Translation: Rosa gallica.
Duc d'Orléans, the medium-sized, full blooms are a speckled vivid red.

Book  (1854)  Page(s) 363.  
 
Provins-Rosen mit gestreiften, marmorirten, punctirten und panachirten Blumen:
—Duc d'Orléans, mittelgroß, gefüllt, lebhaft roth, punctirt...

Provins Roses with striped, marbled, spotted and variegated flowers:
—Duc d'Orléans, a double, medium-sized bloom, vivid red, dotted...

Book  (1848)  Page(s) Div. II, p. 50.  
 
Gallicas...Duc d'Orléans ponctuèe; flowers rich cherry rose, covered with small white spots, large and double; form, cupped, perfect; petals, smooth and fine. Habit, branching; growth, vigorous. An excellent variety, but not double enough for a show Rose. There is a standard of this variety in the Nurseries here, whose stem, at three feet from the ground, measures ten inches in circumference. A good seed-bearer.

Website/Catalog  (1847)  Page(s) 5.  
 
Cette magnifique collection, unique peut-être en Belgique, se compose de plus de 12,000 plants de rosiers recueillis de divers points du globe par feu M. Louis Parmentier, riche amateur et frère du célèbre horticulteur de ce nom...
7  Duc d'Orléans belle fleur.

Website/Catalog  (1846)  Page(s) 36.  
 
French Roses.  Rosa Gallica.
Flowers striped, variegated, mottled, or marbled.
The flowers are all of cupped form unless otherwise denoted. 
1298. Duc d'Orleans...Roseate, spotted with white...62 cents